燕

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Noun 3.3 Kanji 3.3.1 Readings 3.4 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

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燕 (radical 86 火+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿中心火 (TLPF), four-corner 4433₁)

1. a state during the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods in China
2. swallow (bird)
3. comfort, enjoy

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 683, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19429
• Dae Jaweon: page 1095, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2239, character 6
• Unihan data for U+71D5

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[edit] Cantonese

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燕 (Yale yin1, yin3)

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燕 (hiragana つばくらめ, romaji tsubakurame)

1. a swallow
   • c. 890: Taketori Monogatari (page 11)

   「[...] 石上の中納言には、燕（つばくらめ）の持たる子安のかい、ひとつ取りて賜へ」

   • 934-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 7 page 29)

   是我邦所謂豆波久良米也

[edit] Noun

燕 (hiragana つばめ, romaji tsubame)

1. (bird) a swallow

[edit] Kanji

燕

[edit] Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: つばめ (tsubame)

[edit] References

• Horiuchi, Hideaki; Ken Akiyama (1997). Taketori Monogatari , Ise Monogatari. Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-240017-4.
• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu [931-938] (1968). Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese). Kyōto: Rinsen. ISBN 4-653-00507-9.

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[edit] Korean

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燕 (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune-Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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[edit] Mandarin

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燕 (pinyin yān (yan1), yàn (yan4), Wade-Giles yen¹, yen⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 燕麦
• 燕麦粥

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[edit] Vietnamese

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燕 (yến, én, yên)